Shadow Falls

A few months ago my friend started to read this series called Shadow falls and she became obsessed with it even now after finishing the series she is still into the series. She even sent an email to C.C Hunter, the author of the Shadow Falls series if she would write more books to the already completed. She would talk nothing of the book and it would get on my nerves because she would not shut up about it. She even kept bugging me to read the books and at that time I thought that Shadow Falls would be nothing but a boring and generic love story about a normal girl learning about a supernatural world and having a love triangle with some not-quite-human love interest.

But no, I was very wrong because over a week ago when I was so very bored and felt very lively that day to read another apocalyptic themed book I thought why not, maybe I should read the book I might even like it. I loved it. I was so blown away because it was amazing and nothing like what perceived it to be. I mean it still had a girl finding out about a hidden supernatural world and there is still had a love triangle between a werewolf and a half-fae (yes! not a vampire, no Twilighting here!). The character Kylie Galen isn’t actually human but the thing is they don’t know what she is because the only thing that isn’t normal about her is that she can see ghosts. But I think that was truly original idea from the author when she doesn’t reveal the identity of Kylie’s species because it keeps the reader on edge from trying to guess what she is. I’m already on the third book Taken at Dusk and I still have no idea what species she is.

What I also like about this book is that Kylie isn’t perfect or popular which makes more of a real person. Instead she is a drifter and has no real placing in this world and even has no placing the supernatural world which would make anyone feel completely depressed but she keeps going on because she wants to find out what she is and along the story I presume that she is also finding out who she is inside and the kind of person she wants to be to others.

I admit I was wrong about this series which my friend took real pleasure from telling me so. But I was glad that I didn’t follow through with my misconception because if I did I would have never known about Shadow falls and Kylie as well. Misconception and books can keep you from finding out a great story and my message to you today which is the cliché of clichés but still utterly true is never judge a book by it’s cover.